Men's Basketball | 12/5/2025 11:09:00 AM

The Cloud County Community College men's basketball team will make a Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference (KJCCC) road trip to Colby on Saturday, December 6 at 3 pm. The game from the Colby Event Center will be streamed by Open Spaces Sports. Fans can also listen to the game on NCK 94.9, with Austin McNorton calling the action.

Cloud County is coming off an 81-78 overtime loss to Dodge City Community College on November 29. This marked Cloud County's third straight conference loss, dropping the T-Birds to 6-4 on the year and 1-3 in KJCCC play. Freshman wing Samuel Akot posted season-highs in points, rebounds, steals and blocked shots to lead the way for Cloud County. Akot had 19 points with three made three-pointers. Additionally, Akot grabbed eight rebounds and collected four steals and three blocked shots in 31 minutes on the floor. Sophomore forward Elidjah Savane recorded a double-double with 15 points and a team-high 12 rebounds. Freshman forward D'ontez Walker was also in double-figures with 13 points, while freshman Kaidan Chatham had nine points and a team-high five assists in 40 minutes off the bench.

Colby is looking to end an eight-game losing streak after its 86-79 road loss at Dodge City Community College on December 3. Cloud County has won six of its last eight meetings with Colby, including an 85-83 win in the opening round of the 2025 Region 6 Men's Basketball Tournament.

The T-Birds average 92.1 points per game and have a +13.0 scoring margin. Cloud County pulls down 46.6 rebounds per contest with a +12.3 rebound margin. Cloud County is making 47.0 percent from the field, including 30.9 percent from three-point range. The T-Birds are holding opponents to 79.1 points per game on 41.5 percent shooting, including 30.0 percent from behind the arc. Cloud County also averages 13.8 assists, 11.3 steals, and 3.8 blocked shots per game.

Freshman forward Al Brooks Jr. missed his first game of the season on November 29. Brooks leads Cloud County in scoring at 19.1 points per game and 9.8 rebounds per game. Brooks is second in the KJCCC in scoring and first in rebounds per game. Brooks also leads Cloud County at 1.9 blocks per game.

Redshirt freshman forward Manasseh Stackhouse is averaging 12.8 points per game on 53.6 percent shooting. He is second on the team with 7.2 rebounds per contest.

Walker is averaging 11.6 points per game on a team-leading 63.4 percent shooting from the floor. Walker also pulls down 5.0 rebounds per game.

Savane is the fourth T-Bird in double-figures, averaging 11.0 points per game. Savane is third on the team in rebounding at 6.1 rebounds per game.

Sophomore guard Syncere Burnette is second on the team with 16 made three-pointers. Burnette is averaging 9.1 points per game and leads the team with 3.3 assists per contest.

Sophomore guard Kuel Akot has made a team-best 17 three-pointers on 39.5 percent shooting from deep. Akot averages 7.9 points, 2.6 rebounds, 1.6 assists, and 1.0 steal per game.

Samuel Akot is scoring 6.9 points per game and averages 2.7 rebounds per contest.

Other Cloud County regulars include freshman Kam Williams (5.9 points per game), sophomore DJ Holloway (5.2 points per game), Chatham (4.4 points per game), and freshman Ikee Brooks (2.0 points per game).